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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Epping Forest District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
19,592 approved · 5,074 refused · 1,283 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jul 1999 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spindrift, Bournebridge Lane, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1LT
Received 30 Aug 202289, Manor Road, Chigwell, IG7 5PN
Received 31 Aug 2022275-277, High Road, Loughton, IG10 1AH
Received 31 Aug 20224, Lamplighters Close, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3AE
Received 31 Aug 202221, Baden Drive, Waltham Abbey, E4 7FF
Received 31 Aug 2022113, Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Harlow, CM21 9LQ
Received 31 Aug 2022East End Farm, Harlow Road, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5HE
Received 31 Aug 20224, Orchard Drive, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7DJ
Received 31 Aug 202221, Tomswood Road, Chigwell, IG7 5QP
Received 1 Sept 202231 Stradbroke Drive, Chigwell, IG7 5RB
Received 1 Sept 202266, Alderton Hill, Loughton, IG10 3JB
Received 1 Sept 202218, Southview Road, Loughton, IG10 3LG
Received 1 Sept 2022259, Fencepiece Road, Chigwell, IG7 5DR
Received 1 Sept 2022Watermans End Cottage, Watery Lane, Little Laver, Harlow, CM17 0RQ
Received 1 Sept 20226, Tewkesbury Close, Loughton, IG10 3NT
Received 1 Sept 2022Hobbs View, Moreton Road, Ongar, CM5 0LX
Received 1 Sept 2022Premier House, First Floor Suite 3a, 141, High Street, Epping, CM16 4BD
Received 1 Sept 202255, Higham View, North Weald Bassett, Epping, CM16 6DH
Received 2 Sept 202254 Lechmere Avenue, Chigwell, IG7 5ET
Received 2 Sept 202249, River Way, Loughton, IG10 3LJ
Received 2 Sept 2022149B, White Bear Mews, London Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar, CM5 9QF
Received 2 Sept 2022Flat 18, Greenhill, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5SH
Received 2 Sept 20224, Barn Mead, Theydon Bois, Epping, CM16 7ET
Received 2 Sept 2022212, High Street, Roydon, Harlow, CM19 5EQ
Received 2 Sept 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Epping Forest District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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